The United States recorded 66,131 and 71,687 fresh infections in these two days, according to worldometers.info, while the daily count in India these days was 64,237 and 62,587. Figures vary slightly in the EU ECDC database, but it also shows more new cases in the US as of Thursday.
After 71 days, the United States republished the world’s highest daily count on Thursday. During these 71 days, India occupied the first position. In cumulative cases, the United States continues to lead the world with more than 8.3 million cases so far. India ranks second with almost 7.5 million cases.
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It seems likely that the US will continue to record the highest number of daily cases for the next few days, with a few exceptions from time to time. That’s because cases in the US have risen again over the last month, while the count has steadily declined in India. Daily cases have been falling in India after peaking on September 17, when more than 98,000 cases were recorded. The United States appears to be in the midst of a third wave of pandemic.
Interestingly, cases began to rise again in the US in mid-September, at the same time that the pandemic had started to show signs of receding in India. Before that, the US had seen a steady drop in numbers since July 25.
The United States has seen around 223,000 deaths from the virus, nearly double the number of victims in India, where 113,784 deaths have been recorded so far.
Meanwhile, India reported 62,050 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to more than 74.9 lakh, according to data collected from state governments. The daily toll continued to exceed 800,812 for the third day in a row.
Maharashtra reported a drop in cases and deaths on Saturday. A total of 10,259 new cases and 250 deaths were reported on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 15,86,321 and deaths to 41,965. For the fourth day in a row, the number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai showed a drop with 1,791 new patients added to the count.
Tamil Nadu added 4,295 new cases and 57 deaths to its Covid-19 registry which brought the case count to 6,83,486 and the number of victims to 10,586. The number of active cases, however, is approaching the 40k mark with 5,005 downloads in the last 24 hours, bringing the number to 40,192.
Officials say that by early next week, if new cases continue to decline, active cases in the state will drop below 40,000.
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